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But I hear those houses are built cheaply. Give me a sturdy house built in 1950 over any of those new suburban houses.
Funny, I've heard the same thing about construction on Long Island.........perhaps I heard wrong, but much of it LOOKS like it may have been built cheaply.
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Funny, I've heard the same thing about construction on Long Island.........perhaps I heard wrong, but much of it LOOKS like it may have been built cheaply.
lmao, ahhhh the usual attack back on me using LI example even though you have never visited here. Not surprised. Everyone knows houses today are built cheaper. Things today in general are built cheaper, since the idea is to build as quickly and cheaply as you can. Years ago, they took their time and spent more money.
Every state has subdivisions with tract homes that look the same and Florida has many subdivisions with larger lots with homes of differing architectural styles and not one on top of the other..
Yes, that's true. But most newer FL subdivisions, the homes are built very close together. That's no secret, and I've been all over the southeast and rarely do I see homes on zero lot lines in other areas.
lmao, ahhhh the usual attack back on me using LI example even though you have never visited here. Not surprised. Everyone knows houses today are built cheaper. Things today in general are built cheaper, since the idea is to build as quickly and cheaply as you can. Years ago, they took their time and spent more money.
LOL! Guess again, Rachael. I was visiting LI before your parents ever left the city.
Nice try, though. And Levittown looks cheaply built, whether it is or not. There's a reason those type of houses around here go for under $100,000. Nobody wants them.
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LOL! Guess again, Rachael. I was visiting LI before your parents ever left the city.
Nice try, though. And Levittown looks cheaply built, whether it is or not. There's a reason those type of houses around here go for under $100,000. Nobody wants them.
You can't base your opinion on pictures...
We just had a storm with hurricane winds. The houses held up just fine. Down south in the new subdivisions with cheaply built houses, a lot worse damage would have happened. That's yet another reason why houses go for cheaper down there.
We just had a storm with hurricane winds. The houses held up just fine. Down south in the new subdivisions with cheaply built houses, a lot worse damage would have happened. That's yet another reason why houses go for cheaper down there.
Yes it does. Homes are built cheaper and faster as of the last 10 years or so. I looked into this because we almost bought a home in Las Vegas.
You can find cheaply built homes in any area from any time period. To state otherwise is just being blind to the truth.
Advancements in building materials and codes have made homes in many areas much more structurally sound than homes built years before in the same area. Conversely some older homes took time and paid attention to detail and may be more structurally sound than the newer homes in the area.
To just flatly state that homes built in 1950 were built better than current homes is ridiculous.
We just had a storm with hurricane winds. The houses held up just fine. Down south in the new subdivisions with cheaply built houses, a lot worse damage would have happened. That's yet another reason why houses go for cheaper down there.
Haha, you think you know what your talking about but you dont. That storm in the NE had winds of a very weak hurricane. New homes in the south are actually built stronger to withstand hurricanes. In 2004 when hurricane Charley rammed right through central FL with sustained winds at about 90 mph, and gusts much higher, I didn't see ANY homes with sever damage. The only damage i saw was tree damage and roof damage on the older homes. All of the newer subdivisions seemed untouched. Also new homes here are much more energy efficient than older homes. I would much rather live in a home built in the past 5 years than a home from the 50s. Old homes have been sitting and rotting for decades. No thanks.
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